The English teachers voice

  What are conjunctions? Conjunctions are words used to connect words, phrases, or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions . Coordinating conjunctions join like with like. For example, they join a noun with another noun or an adjective with another adjective. The most common ones are "and," "but," and "or." There are seven in total: "for," "and," "nor," "but," "or," "yet," and "so." (You can remember them using the mnemonic F.A.N.B.O.Y.S .) Subordinating Conjunctions . Subordinating conjunctions join subordinate clauses to main clauses. Common examples are "although," "because," "if," "since," "unless," "until," and "while." Correlative Conjunctions . Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs to join alternatives or equal elements. The most common pairs are "either/or," ...

  Conjunctions join words,  sentences , phrases , or clauses . Examples : and, then, but, however, or, even. Inexperienced writers overuse conjunctions, and they end up with too many thoughts in one sentence. Long sentences do not impress readers. They show a writer’s ignorance and chase readers away. More examples:  and, but, either…or, neither…nor, that, as, after, before, since, when, where, if. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance . They can join two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses. The seven coordinating conjunctions are  for, and, nor, but, or, yet,  and  so . Everything that you need to know about nouns. Everything that you need to know about verbs Everything that you need to know about pronouns Everything ...